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Robert Amsterdam, the attorney spearheading an international investigation on behalf of the Turkish government into the allegedly illegal “activities of the organization led by” Fethullah Gülen, called upon President Obama to extradite the Muslim cleric back to Turkey.

It’s been hours since the start of the military coup attempt against the government of NATO member Turkey and so far the most public response from the international alliance is a Tweet from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg calling for “calm.”

During Friday’s coverage of the coup in Turkey, Fox News Strategic Analyst Lt. Col. Ralph Peters (Ret.) praised the coup in Turkey, arguing that those staging it were who the US should be supporting, not Turkey’s “Islamist fundamentalist authoritarian president.”

Turkey is in chaos and the future does not bode well for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his allies regardless of whether Erdogan can wrest control from an army group that announced on Friday it has taken over the country. Unknown elements in the

Turkish military officials, under the name the “Peace in the Country Council,” have issued a statement on the coup underway in Ankara, confirming that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s tenure has ended and that the armed forces have taken over as

The Republic of Turkey filed a 12-page supplement to a previously submitted complaint against the Houston-based Harmony Public Schools, a charter chain allegedly tied to exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen. It accuses Harmony of fraud and financial wrongdoing with $18 million worth of Texas taxpayer funds.

Contents: Hard issues prevent full reconciliation between Turkey and Russia; Turkey’s reconciliation with Egypt appears to be unlikely

Seventeen people have been arrested as of Tuesday in connection with the triple suicide-bomber terrorist attack at Ataturk Airport, Istanbul’s international airport, last week. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that more attacks will continue if the “Caucasus countries” do not put an end to jihadi recruiting.

Turkish authorities have now charged a total of 30 suspects for the June 28 suicide bombing attack in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, which left 44 people dead and 240 wounded.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he consulted with the Palestinian Authority and with Hamas before moving forward with a reconciliation deal with Israel, signed last week.

The first Muslim call to prayer in the post-Atatürk era from within the Hagia Sophia occurred last week on July 1.

TEL AVIV – Turkish newspapers with strong links to the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have published dozens of conspiracy articles claiming the U.S. government and foreign intelligence agencies with masterminding Islamic State attacks in the West – including the Orlando shooting – in order to stop the rise of Islam and ensure Jews remain in power.

In a special parliamentary session to address terrorism following a suspected Islamic State attack on Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport, Turkey’s Interior Minister unveiled a plan to destroy Kurdish separatist marijuana fields.

The Sunni-Shia battle between Saudi Arabia and Iran continues as the Saudi Foreign Minister slams Iran for “destabilizing” the Middle East, even as advocacy groups called for the suspension of Saudi Arabia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over its military operation in Yemen.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a harsh verdict against the jihadis who bombed Istanbul Ataturk Airport on Tuesday, accusing the terrorists of not being true Muslims and insisting that taking a person’s life means “going straight to hell.”

President Reuven Rivlin sent a letter of condolence to his Turkish counterpart in the aftermath of what he called a “cowardly, murderous” terror attack at an Istanbul airport Tuesday that killed at least 41 and injured more than 230.

Center for Security Policy founder Frank Gaffney joined Breitbart News Daily on Wednesday morning to talk about what SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon aptly described as a “monster day” on Tuesday, including the release of the House Benghazi Committee report, Senator Ted Cruz’s panel on the Administration’s politically correct blindness to radical Islam, and radical Islam’s devastating attack on the Ataturk International Airport in Turkey.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the restoration of diplomatic ties and an in-person meeting, the closest to cordial relations the two countries have experienced since the November 2015 downing of a Russian jet that had violated Turkish airspace.

Contents: Mutual UK-EU loathing at the European Parliament in Brussels; Bombing of Turkey’s airport affects a swirl of diplomatic actions

Shortly after Turkey and Israel forged a reconciliation deal, six years after the Mavi Marmara incident, senior Hamas officials revealed on Monday their opposition to the deal, claiming that the Palestinian terror organization was not a party to its consolidation.

The Egyptian government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has provided funds and weapons to the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Marxist-inspired guerrilla group listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and the rest of NATO, according to a Turkish intelligence report.

Turkish newspaper Hurriyet is reporting that two explosions have occurred at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport. Estimates of injured have exceeded 40 people.

Turkish officials have accused Pope Francis of “lies and slander” after the pontiff made reference to the Armenian genocide in his recently concluded pastoral journey to Armenia, saying that his actions betrayed “a crusader mentality.”

Despite the fact that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to update him on Ankara’s reconciliation agreement with Israel, PA sources said Monday that the deal will perpetuate Palestinian divisions and will not help the Gaza Strip.

Turkish police used tear gas to disperse the nation’s annual gay pride parade in Istanbul on Sunday, arresting 19 people and enforcing a ban on the event following a similar spectacle against a transgender pride assembly last week.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has apologized to Russian leader Vladimir Putin over last year’s shooting down of a Russian air force jet by Turkey’s military, the Kremlin said on Monday, opening the way for Russia to lift economic sanctions.

JAFFA, Israel – Masses of Arab social media users attacked Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan for Monday’s reconciliation pact with Israel, which some dubbed “a shameful concession.”

Israel and Turkey reached a deal to restore ties Sunday, ending protracted talks amid years of acrimony following a deadly 2010 raid on an aid flotilla, an Israeli official said.

As Israel and Ankara reportedly near a deal on normalizing ties, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday met the leader of Palestinian terrorist group Hamas for unscheduled talks.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Britain’s planned departure from the European Union signalled the “beginning of a new era” and warned the bloc could face new breakups. “I see this decision made by the people of Britain as

The Turkish government has sanctioned Quran recitations by a different senior Islamic cleric each day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan so far this year at the secular Hagia Sophia Museum. Christian-majority Greece has condemned the move as the “creeping Islamization of the building,” reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Contents: Turkey and Israel close to restoring diplomatic relations; Turkey drops demand for lifting the blockade of Gaza; Proposal for offshore seaport raises controversy; Russia improves military ties with Israel, will not veto relationship with Turkey

Turkey said Wednesday that reaching a deal to normalise relations with Israel downgraded after a 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish vessel depended on steps taken by the Jewish state.

A Turkish-German MP who has heavily criticised an Islamic group in the country claims that it is under the control of the Turkish government. German Integration Commissioner of the Federal Government, Aydan Özoguz, a Muslim, has claimed that the Turkish-Islamic Union for

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has taken at least 268 people to court for insulting him and some now refer to him as the “offended president”. Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code states that it is illegal to insult

According to a British diplomat, Chancellor Angela Merkel is ready to give visa-free travel in the Schengen zone to 75 million Turkish citizens despite the failure to meet key European Union conditions. In starkly undiplomatic language, British Ambassador to Germany Sir Sebastian